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Background

6 March 2019

At a meeting on 27 September 2016 Council endorsed the submission of a biobanking application to the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage to establish a biobank site at Ingleside Chase Reserve.

View Council Report (Item 8.4) - 27 September 2016
View Council minutes

A Biobanking Agreement is an in-perpetuity arrangement between a land manager (Council in this instance) and the State government – and provides funding for the ongoing management of the biobanking site for conservation purposes.

Conservation management actions in Ingleside Chase Reserve include

  • improving habitat value and conservation of threatened flora and fauna species,
  • reducing the impact of weeds and feral animal pests, and
  • reducing human impacts to improve water quality in the Narrabeen, Fern and Mullet Creek catchments.

These management actions are currently being implemented by Council in accordance with the 2010 Ingleside Chase Reserve Plan of Management. However, current funding is limited, and the Biobanking Agreement provides an opportunity to secure a substantially larger budget to continue to manage Ingleside Chase Reserve.